On Thursday, the Fairfield School Board of Education voted unanimously to terminate Gil Voigt's contract.

The freshman science teacher had been on unpaid leave since December.

A student claimed Voigt told him, "The country doesn't need another black president."

Voigt has stated that he what he said was that he didn't think the country needed another president like Barack Obama, black or white.

In a news release, the board said a report on Voigt concluded "The referee having duly considered all of the evidence submitted at the hearing hereby recommends that there is good and just cause to terminate the teaching contract of Gil Voigt."

"Voigt repeatedly engaged in conduct that is harmful to the well-being of his students," the state referee wrote in the report given to the board. "He has made race-based, culturally based and insulting comments to students over a period of years. He was warned on multiple occasions that if his behavior continued that he would be subject to termination. Unfortunately, for both Voigt and his students, he did not alter his conduct."